40 Therefore, when the [a]owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?” 41 They *said to Him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and (A)lease the vineyard to other vine-growers, who will pay him the fruit in the proper seasons.”

42 Jesus *said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures,

(B)A stone which the builders rejected,
This has become the [b]chief cornerstone;
This came about from the Lord,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:40 Lit lord
  2. Matthew 21:42 Lit head of the corner

40 “Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

41 “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,”(A) they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants,(B) who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”

42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

“‘The stone the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;
the Lord has done this,
    and it is marvelous in our eyes’[a]?(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:42 Psalm 118:22,23